Bedstead-joint.



No. 843,456. ATENTED PEB. 5, 1907. G. W'. HIGBBE & W. SGHENGK.

BEDSTEAD JOINT. APrLIoATIoN FILED 091531.19136.

, 7, said cross bars or pins being located at the UNITED STATES `PATENT oE-EioE.

CLEMENT W. HIGBEE AND WILLIAM' SCHENCK, OF ATLANTICCITNEW JERSEY.

. BEDsTEAD-uoiNT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed Feb. 5,19'07.

Application iiled October 31, 1906. Serial No. 341,473.

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Be it known that we, CLEMENT W. HIG- BEE and WiLLiAM SonENcx, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bedstead-Joints, of which the following is a speci'lieation.

This invention relates to bedstead-joints designed more particularly for connecting the side rails to the corner-posts of iron bedsteads; and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a joint which will be easy to operate and which will firmly hold the side rails to the corner-post.

Another object of the invention is to provide a joint in which one member may be connected to a bed-spring for attachment to the corner-post of a bedstead.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ortion of a corner-post and side rail of a begstead connected by a joint made in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the corner-post and one member of the joint secured thereto. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one end of a side rail of the bedstcad made in accordance with our invention. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the attaching member adapted to be connected to a bed-spring for engagement with the corner-post member of the bedstead.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of our invention, the niilmeral 1 designates the cornerost of an ordinary iron bedstead. Secure to the post 1 in any suitable manner is a collar or sleeve 2, which fits snugly upon the ost 1 and which may be shrunk thereon, if esired. Projecting horizontally from the sleeve 2 is a pair of spaced lugs 3, said lugs extending from end to end of the sleeve 2, and the opening between said liigs being narrower at the bottom 4 than at the top 5, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3. Cross bars or ins 6 extend through the lugs 3 and may e headed up upon opposite sides of said lugs, as shown at from the sleeve 2 and at the proper distance apart to engage the male required distance member of the joint, said male member being j space .between the same,

formed integrally with the end or the side rail or upon a separate joint member designed to be secured to a bed-spring orto a side rail of special construction.

The niale member of the joint comprises two downwardlyextending hooks 8 9, formed upon a fiange 10, extending longitudinally of the side rail, and said flange gradually tapering in width from the top 11 to the bottoni 12 to 'lit and conform to the tapering opening between the lugs 3. Curved recesses 13 and 14 are formed in rear oi the hooks 8'and 9, said recesses extending out to the edge of the iiange 10 in order that the hooks 8 and 9 may be readily connected to the cross bars or pins 6. Shoulders 15 are formed upon the opposite sides of the flange 10, said shoulders adapted to fit up against the outer edges 16 of the lugs 3 when the two members are engaged. As shown in Fig. 5, the shank 17 is rovided with bolt-holes 18, whereby the ma e member of the joint may be secured to a bed-spring or to a side rail of special construction. The hooks 8 and 9 and the other parts of the fastener are identical with those shown in the other views of'tlie drawings.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a bedstead-joint made in accordance with our invention presents a neat and nished appearance, in which there are no projecting parts, that the side rail may be quickly connected to the sleeve 2, and when pro erly seated the upper edges of the side railpand the flanges 3 lie iiush. The side rail is -wedged between the flanges 3 in a vertical direction by means of the tapering opening between the flanges 3 and the corresponding shape of the flange 10, while the joint is wedged in a horizontal direction by means of the shape of the'hooks 8 and the inclinations of the recesses 13 and 14, thus roviding a very iirm and reliable joint for tiie purposes designed.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim isl. A bedstead-joint comprising a sleeve secured to the corner-post and provided with outwardly projecting spaced lugs which gradually converge from top to bottom forming 'a wedge-shaped opening between the same, cross bars or pins extending through said lugs and spanning the intermediate and a male member IOO as described.

v2. A bedstead-joint comprising a. sleeve secured to the corner-post and provided with spaced lugs which gradually converge from top to bottom, pins secured to said lugs and spanning the s ace between the same, and e Y side rail provi ed with downwardly-extending hooks to engage said cross-bars formed upon a forward y-projecting an e onv the side rail, said fiange being provide with upwardly and beckwardly extending recesses, and said flange being wedge shape ortapering to t the space between the lugs, whereby the joint is wedged vertically by means of the corresponding construction of the flanges and hooks, and said side rail is wedged horizontally by means of the contour of said recesses. I

In testimony whereof we afx our signa-- tures in. presence of two witnesses.

CLEMENT XV. HIGBEE. WILLIAM SCHENCK.

` Witnesses:

THOMAS ToBIN, RALPH A. JoHNsoN. 

